lwp-request

Simple command-line HTTP client. Built with libwww-perl. More information: https://metacpan.org/pod/lwp-request.

• Make a simple GET request:

lwp-request -m GET {{http://example.com/some/path}}

• Upload a file with a POST request:

lwp-request -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}} < {{path/to/file}}

• Make a request with a custom user agent:

lwp-request -H 'User-Agent: {{user_agent}} -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}

• Make a request with HTTP authentication:

lwp-request -C {{username}}:{{password}} -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}

• Make a request and print request headers:

lwp-request -U -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}

• Make a request and print response headers and status chain:

lwp-request -E -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}